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JOURNAL  OF  ELECTRICITY 


SEMI-MONTHLY 


FOUNDED    1887 


SAN   FRANCISCO 


A  Record  of  — 

Thirty-one  Years  of  Service 
in  the  West 


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IN  THE  GREAT  WEST  — 

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The  first  central    station    of    the    world 3 

The  first  hydroelectric    plant    in    America 3 

The  first  long    distance    transmission    line 4 

The  most  gigantic   string  of  high  tension  power  lines   in   the  world 4 

The  world's   largest    system    of   electric   generation 5 

The  first    and    only    electrically    operated    transcontinental    railroad 8 

The  most  superb  and  complete  electrically  operated   mine  in  the  world  10 

The  record    breaking    high    voltage    hydroelectric    transmission 10 

The  greatest   dams    in   the   world 10 

The  world's   greatest    gold    dredge 12 

The  longest    high    voltage    submarine    cable    in    the    world 12 

The  second   longest   span   of   aerial    cable 12 

The  most    powerful    single    discharge    turbine    in    the    world 12 

The  most    powerful    high    head    water    turbine    in    the    world 12 

Over    70%    of   the    undeveloped    water    power    of    the    nation 14 

AND  IN   SERVING  THE  WEST  the 

Journal  of  Electricity  is  most  emphatically  endorsed  by  — 

The  Pacific   Coast   Section,  N.   E.    L.   A 2 

The  Northwest    Electric    Light    and    Power    Association 15 

The  Electrical    Contractor-Dealer    Associations 25 

The  Electrical    Supply    Jobber 21-23 

The  Advertiser    21-23 

The  Dean    of   the    Electrical    Industry    in    the    West 7 

The      Central    Station    Manager 9 

The  Long    Distance    Power    Operator 11 

The      Engineer 13 

The  California    Electrical    Cooperative    Campaign 19 

The  Electrical    Operator    in    Agriculture 17 

From   Every  Quarter  of  the   West 27 

Resolutions   of   Conventions   Concerning   the   Journal   of   Electricity 29 

Acknowledgments    of    War    Service ,  31 


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THE   GREATEST   ELECTRICAL  CENTER  IN   THE   WORLD 

The  Pacific  and  Mountain  States,  with  but  6.7%  of  the  population  of  the  United 
States,  consumes  fully  25%  of  the  electric  energy  consumed  by  the  other  93%  of 
the  population  of  the  United  States,  or  $9.67  per  capita  as  against  $4.40  for  the  rest 
of  the  country — nearly  four  times  greater  intensive  use.  In  face  of  this  present 
intensive  development  there  is  still  undeveloped  in  this  district  twice  the  amount  of 
undeveloped  water  power  existent  in  the  entire  remainder  of  the  nation.  The  Journal 
of  Electricity  is  the  one  medium  that  will  keep  you  in  touch  with  this  development 
and  business  opportunity. 


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PACIFIC   COAST   SECTION 

OF    THE 

NATIONAL   ELECTRIC   LIGHT  ASSOCIATION 


PRESIDENT.  SAMUEL  KAHN 
VICE  PRESIDENT.  E.  R.  DAVIS 

VICE  PRESIDENT.  A.   E.  WISHON 

SECRETARY.  A.  H.  HALLORAN 
TREASURER.  J.  f.  POLLARD 


W.  A,  BRACKENRIDGE 
A.  G.  WISHON 
R.  H.  BALLARO 
M.  FLEISHHACKER 


.  WAUHALL.  CM*I»M 


_  pctober_  22nd , _    I9 18 , 


Mr.  Willis  «.  Deming,  Vice  President, 

Journ&l  of  Electricity, 

Crossley  Bulldln^p 

San  Francisco,   Callfomle 

My  dear  Mr.  Deming: 

I   am  advised  that  you  are   planning  to   give  unusual 
publicity  to   the  next  Convention  of  the  Pacific  Coast  Section 
of   the  National  Electric  Light  Association,   scheduled  to  be 
held  In  Coronado,  and  that  your  program  Includes  tho  publish- 
ing of  a  special  edition  of  the  Journal    of  Electricity. 


Thle  announcement  can  be   regarded  only  as  another 
of   the  many  unselfish  exhibits  of  your   splendid   and   untiring 
efforts  to  do  something  constructive   for  the  Electric   Industry 
of   the   Pacific  Coast  and   the  country  at  large  and  as   such 
merits  the  moral  and  material  eupport  of   the  electric  Interests, 
Irrespective  of  geographical  lines. 

The  potent  Influence  of  your  publication  Is  the  result 
of  a  careful  chronicling  and  dissemination  of  facts  concerning 
the  development  of  the  industry  to  which  it  Is  devoted  —  and 
the  association  of  your  business  and  editorial  staffs  with  our 
activities,  Convention  or  otherwise,   contributes  In  no  uncertain 
way  to  the  Intimate  and  healthy  relationship  existing  between 
the  Journal  and  Its  readers. 

It  may  ba  remarked  that  you  are  a  "Cover  to  Cover" 
magazine,   an  actuality  that  reader  unconsciously  observes  and 
an  actuality  that  the  advertiser  cannot  afford  to  overlook. 

It  Is  my  pleasure  to  give  an  unqualified  endorsement 
to   the  Journal  of  Electricity. 

With  best  wishes, 

Very  truly  you 


SK-MAL 


WHY  THE  JOURNAL  OF  ELECTRICITY  IS  SO 
HEARTILY  ENDORSED  BY  THE  GREAT  TECH- 
NICAL AND  COMMERCIAL  BODIES  OF  THE  WEST 


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Electrical  Development  in  the  West 

The  electrical  industry  is  not  one  of  great  anti- 
quity. It  was  only  in  1879  that  the  first  central 
station  in  the  world  was  built  in  California;  in  the 
same  year  the  incandescent  light  was  developed.  The 
appearance  of  the  retail  electrical  merchant  is  largely 
an  affair  of  this  century  and  the  history  of  his 
development  and  organization  has  been  written  dur- 
ing the  last  decade.  Very  early  in  the  story  of  this 
progress  the  Journal  of  Electricity  took  its  place 
and  the  celebration  of  the  thirty-first  anniversary 
of  its  founding  and  the  review  of  its  history,  is 
largely  a  review  of  the  events  and  development  of 
the  West  during  that  period. 

The  first  central  station  of  the  world  was  started 
in  June,  1879,  by  Geo.  H.  Roe  for  the  California 
Electric  Light  Company.  That  is,  San  Francisco 
was  the  first  electrically  lighted  city,  New  York  not 
having  a  central  station  plant  until  1882.  This  was 
before  the  invention  of  the  incandescent  lamp  which 
occurred  in  October  of  that  year,  and  business  was 
confined  to  arc  lighting.  In  1891  a  contract  was 
made  for  the  Edison  rights  in  San  Francisco,  out  of 
which  grew  the  Edison  Light  &  Power  Company 
which  was  succeeded  by  the  San  Francisco  Gas  & 
Electric  Company,  later  the  present  Pacific  Gas  & 
Electric  Company. 

The  first  hydro-electric  plant  in  America  was 
that  owned  by  The  Roaring  Fork  Electric  Light  & 
Power  Company  at  Aspen,  Colorado.  The  Aspen 
Electric  Company,  as  it  was  called  in  those  days, 
was  organized  in  1885,  and  its  plant  consisting  of  one 


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fifty-light  Busch  arc  dynamo,  was  put  into  service 
during  that  year.  Its  power  consisted  of  one  Pelton 
water  wheel  running  under  a  head  of  seventy  feet. 

The  first  long  distance  transmission  line  in  the 

terms  of  that  day  was  that  of  the  San  Antonio  Light 
and  Power  Company  at  Pomona,  California,  built  in 


The  source  of  power  for  the  first  long  distance  transmission  line  in  the 
world— the  old  San  Antonio  plant  built  in  1891.  10,000  volts  for  28  miles 
was  the  record. 

1891,  which  transmitted  10,000  volts  for  28  miles. 
This  was  the  world's  record  of  twenty-seven  years 
ago  for  both  high  voltage  and  long  distance  and  it 
was  heralded  the  world  over  as  a  great  achievement. 
Today  the  record  for  long  distance  in  transmission 
is  held  by  the  Yuma-Wonder  line  of  the  Southern 
Sierras  Power  Company,  which  carries  100,000  volts 
for  830  miles.  The  Big  Creek  Line  of  the  Southern 
California  Edison  Company  transmits  150,000  volts 
for  275  miles,  breaking  the  record  for  high  voltage. 

The  most  gigantic  string  of  high  tension  power 
lines  in  the   world — from  Harlowton,    Montana,  on 

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westward  through  Spokane,  Seattle,  Portland,  San 
Francisco,  Los  Angeles  and  to  San  Diego  on  the 
Mexican  border  in  the  south,  with  but  five  small 
gaps,  a  possible  chain  of  interconnected  power  feed- 
ing an  empire  greater  than  France,  Italy,  England 
and  Germany  combined.  Indeed,  an  empire  so  vast 
and  a  total  length  of  transmission  so  long  as  to  cover 
in  one  stretch  of  transmission  lines  a  distance  far 


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CALIFORNIA  HYDRO-ELECTRIC   SYSTEM 


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1907  1908  1909   1910     1911     I9IZ    1913    1914    1915    1916    1917 
THE    GROWTH    OF    POWER    LOADS    IN    CALIFORNIA 

The  first  hydro  plant  was  established  in  1892  with  a  capacity  of  480  kw. 
In  1893  another  was  added,  two  in  1895,  three  in  '96  and  so  on  up  to 
1907  when  this  diagram  commences,  when  there  were  54  plants  with  a 
capacity  of  122,265  kw. 


greater  than  from  Petrograd  to  Vladivostok — 6000 
miles.  These  power  lines  are  shown  in  full  detail 
upon  a  most  comprehensive  map  on  the  first  page  of 
this  booklet. 

The  world's  largest  systems  of  electric  gen- 
eration— The  giant  proportions  to  which  electric 
generation  has  advanced  may  be  strikingly  gleaned 
from  a  comparative  statement  of  the  annual  output 
of  fifty  of  the  largest  hydroelectric  companies  on  the 
American  continent.  Once  again,  due  to  the  present 


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joint  operation  of  three  vast  hydroelectric  companies 
in  central  California,  the  West  is  seen  to  have  within 
its  confines  a  system  of  electric  generation  that  over- 
tops any  other  system  of  hydroelectric  or  steam  elec- 
tric generation  in  the  world.  The  companies  of  the 
West,  which  appear  in  the  list  below,  are  printed  in 
black  type  in  the  order  in  which  they  appear  on  this 
list: 

Pacific   Gas   &   Electric   Company  ) 

Great  Western  Power  Company                                       1,500,408,765 

Sierra   &    San   Francisco    Power    Company    ) 

Commonwealth    Edison    Company 1,488,080,000 

Niagara  Falls  Power  Company 1,188,221,770 

Ontario  Power  Co.  &  United  Electric  Light  &  Power  Co 954,913,584 

Montana  Power  Company 947,732,014 

Montreal  Light,  Heat  &  Power  Company 946,832,817 

Hydraulic    Power    Company    871,563,138 

Toronto  Power  Company  800,638,000 

Southern  California  Edison  Company : 794,687,405 

Nowhere  else  in  the  world  has  the  method  elec- 
trical taken  firmer  hold  of  the  populace  or  do  greater 
possibilities  for  increased  development  of  hydroelec- 
tric power  exist.  Interesting  deductions  showing 
this  most  favorable  situation  in  the  West,  as  com- 
pared with  the  remaining  parts  of  the  United  States, 
may  be  gleaned  from  central  station  data  that  ap- 
peared in  the  Electrical  World  June  1  and  March  23, 
1918.  Based  upon  the  data  thus  given,  the  total  cen- 
tral station  income  and  total  power  generated  in  the 
United  States  from  April,  1917,  to  March,  1918,  in- 
clusive, appears  to  be  in  round  numbers  as  follows: 

ANNUAL  CENTRAL  STATION  REVENUE   (APRIL,  1917-MARCH,  1918) 

New    England   States $  55,062,900 

Atlantic    States    182,524,700 

Central    States   ...  173,436,200         $411,023,800 


Pacific   Mountain   States 64,834,400 


Total    Revenue,     $475,858,200 
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Sr«iele-nt  *  (.oner*!  Manager 


I'.r.  W.  H.  Den  ing. 


July 

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1918. 


Journal    of  Electricity, 
Crossley  Building.    San 


Dear  Slr:- 

It    gives  re   pleasur 
effort*   of   your   Journal  to   carry 
Coast   the   measngo  -of  the   development   i 
is   perhaps  no   place    in  the   United  Sta 
work   ha*  been  done   than  on   U 
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and   your  Journal  has  been  largely 
the    interest    of    tie   public    in  the 


to  give   service.       I  vie*  your  Journal,    from  an  advertising 
aa  well  a«  fron  a  reading    jtandpolnt.   equal  to  any  publication 
of   its  kind   in  the  United   States,   and   believe  you  have  a   field 
here  which  when  exploited  will  bo  valuable  rot'  only  to  yourself 
but  to  your  advertiser*  ns  well. 

'•fishing  you  every   success.    I   •» 
Tours  »«nr   truly. 


^r//y  «^*'" — 

/     Tic«   President    and  General  Manager. 


THE  JOURNAL  OF  ELECTRICITY  IN  THE  OPINION  OF  THE 
DEAN  OF  THE  ELECTRICAL  INDUSTRY  IN  THE  WEST — 

JOHN  A.  BRITTON,  vice-president  and  general  manager  of  the  Pacific  Gas 
&  Electric  Company  and  the  noted  dean  of  the  electrical  industry  in  the 
West:  "Your  journal  has  been  largely  instrumental  in  awakening  the 
interest  of  the  public  in  the  efforts  of  the  corporation  to  give  service. 
I  view  your  journal  from  an  advertising  as  well  as  from  a  reading  stand- 
point, equal  to  any  publication  of  its  kind  in  the  United  States." 


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ANNUAL  CENTRAL  STATION  KW-HR.  OUTPUT  (APR.  1917-MAR.  1918) 

New  England  States  ..............................................  2,189,086,600 

Atlantic    States    ........................  ,  ...............................  9,589,842,100 

Central    States   ........................................  -  .................  9,433,259,600         21,202,188,000 


Pacific  and  Mountain  States.  ........................  ,  ......  5,331,619,600 


Total   Kw-hr.   Output,     26,533,807,600 

It  is  estimated  that  the  population  of  the  Pacific 
and  Mountain  States  in  1917,  allowing  21%  increase 
since  1910,  must  approximately  be  6,700,000,  while 
the  population  of  the  remaining  parts  of  the  nation 
was  in  1917  93,300,000,  making  up  a  total  of  100,- 
000,000  people  in  all. 

On  this  basis  it  is  seen  that  since  the  total 
income  of  electric  power  companies  for  the  West  and 
for  the  remaining  parts  of  the  United  States  is  re- 
spectively $64,834,400  and  $411,023,800,  the  per 
capita  expenditure  is  respectively  $9.67  in  the  West 
as  opposed  to  $4.40.  Again,  the  total  consumption 
of  electric  energy  being  5,331,619,600  kw-hr.  and 
21,202,188,000  kw-hr.  respectively,  or  since  the  West 
consumes  with  its  population  of  but  6,700,000  quite 
approximately  25%  of  the  electric  energy  consumed 
by  the  entire  remaining  93,000,000  people  in  the 
nation,  the  per  capita  consumption  is  800  kw-hr.  as 
opposed  to  227  kw-hr.  —  nearly  four  times  the  inten- 
sive use  —  striking  evidence  of  the  supremacy  of  the 
method  electrical  throughout  the  West. 

The  world's  first  and  only  electrically  operated 
transcontinental  railroad  —  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee 
&  Puget  Sound  —  passing  through  Montana,  Idaho 
and  Washington.  This  superb  success  and  triumph 
of  the  method  electrical  applied  to  transcontinental 
railroads  is  causing  engineers  and  financiers  the 
world  over  to  contemplate  most  seriously  the  begin- 
ning of  the  gigantic  task  of  electrification  of  many 
of  the  mountain  passes  of  the  West. 


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SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA  EDISON  COMPANY 

EUSON  BUILDING 
LOS  ANGELES,  CALIFORNIA 

August  23,    1918. 


Mr.   Mills  II.  Demlng, 
Vise-President  and  Business  Manager 
Journal  of  Electricity, 
Crossley  Bldg.,   San  Francisco 


,   California. 


Uy  dear  Sin 

For  many  years  I  have  regarded  the  Journal  of  Electricity 
as  a  bulwark  behind  the  electrical  industry  of  the  Pacific  Coast.  ?illlng 
a  sphere  that  Includes  both  the  technical  and  oonmercial  branches  of  the 
business,  it  disseminates  the  accurate  information  which  is  required  by 
those  who  would  keep  abreast  with  the  progress  of  the  profession,  and  at 
the  same  time,  encourages  to'greater  endeavors. 

Its  files  are  a  down-to-th*-minute  history  of.  electrical 
achievements  in  the  great  territory  which  it  covers  so  conscientiously, 
and  as  we  sincerely  believe  tW«  region  to  be  the  most  fruitful  In  America, 
for  greater  development  of  oar  industry,  we  must  accord  to  the  Journal 
devoted  to  its  needs,  one  of  the  highest  places  in  current  electrical 
literature.   It  is  too  obvious  to  require  enqohasls  that  a  olass  publi- 
cation reaching  practically  all  who  are  engaged  In  or  allied  to  the 
electrical  business  of  the  West,  nust  of  necessity  be  an  advertising 
medium,  which  none  deserving  to  reach  this  constituency  can  afford  to 
Ignore. 

Believing  that  the  future  will  Increase  for  the  Journal 
of  Electricity  the  prosperity  which  Its  past  enterprise  has  won,  1  am. 


Yours  very  sincerely, 


THE    JOURNAL   OF   ELECTRICITY 

—  A   DOWN-TO  THE  MINUTE   HISTORY  — 


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R.  H.  BALLARD,  vice-president  of  the  National  Electric  Light  Association 
and  vice-president  of  the  Southern  California  Edison  Company,  one  of  the 
largest  and  in  many  respects  one  of  the  most  unique  and  efficient  utility 
organizations  in  existence,  says:  "Its  files  are  a  down-to-the-minute  his- 
tory of  electrical  achievement  in  the  great  territory  which  it  covers  so 
conscientiously.  We  must  accord  to  the  Journal,  devoted  to  its  needs,  one 
of  the  highest  places  in  current  electrical  literature." 


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The  most  superb  and  complete  electrically  op- 
erated mine  in  the  world — the  Bunker  Hill  and  Sul- 
livan, near  Kellogg,  Idaho — the  greatest  lead  silver 
mine  in  existence. 


Profile  of   the   Chicago,    Milwaukee   and   Puget   Sound    Electrified   Railway, 
the   first   transcontinental    line   to   use   electric   power. 

The  record-breaking  high  voltage  long  distance 
transmission — the  Big  Creek  transmission  lines  of 
the  Southern  California  Edison  Company  from  Big 
Creek  to  Los  Angeles,  275  miles,  at  150,000  volts. 
It  receives  its  energy  through  single-phase  trans- 
formers— the  largest  yet  built.  Energy  is  generated 
from  two  power  plants,  one  dropping  water  1900  ft. 
and  the  other  2100  ft.  The  present  installed  capac- 
ity is  6400  kw.  with  an  ultimate  possible  expansion 
of  225,000  kw. 

The  greatest  dams  of  the  world — the  Elephant 
Butte,  the  Roosevelt,  the  Shoshone,  the  Calaveras, 
the  Morena,  the  Spaulding  and  the  Arrow  Rock — 
are  all  located  in  the  West.  Aside  from  the  Assouan 
Dam  in  Egypt  the  Elephant  Butte  Project  on  the 
Rio  Grande,  with  its  318  ft.  dam  stores  2,638,868 
acre  feet  of  water  which  is  more  than  any  other 
artificial  reservoir  in  the  world.  The  Roosevelt,  in 
Arizona,  with  its  artificial  storage  of  1,367,300  acre 
feet  comes  next  on  the  list,  while  the  highest  dam 
in  the  world  is  the  Arrow  Rock  on  the  Boise  Project 

SB 

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The  Southern  Sierras  IVwer  (iomjiaiw 


Krvwr**i€l«,liatliilorni,a    August  24,  1918 


Mr.  Edward  B.  Strong,  ^^^^^^ 

Pres.  4  Cien.  i&r.,  Technical  Publishing  Co. 
Publishers,  "Journal  of  Electricity", 
Crossley  Building,  San  Francisco,  Calif. 


My  dear  Mr.  Strong: 


pemit  me,  on  behalf  of  The  Southern  sierras 

Power  Company,  to  express  our  appreciation  of  the  important  work 
the  "journal  of  Electricity"  is  carrying  on,  relating  to  the  de- 
Teloptnent  and  operation  of  electrical  projects  on  the  Pacific  Coast. 

It  is  today  pretty  generally  recognized  that  proper  publicity 
if  an  indispensable  factor  in  the  operation  of  a  public  utility;    in 
the  long  run,   the  futur*  of  the  public  utilities  is  dependent  upon 
the  attitude  of   the  public.  The  "Journal",   in  our  opinion,  consti- 
tutes an  exceedingly  important  medium  whereby  the  people  at  large 
can  be  advised  concerning  the  needs  and  necessities  of  the  electrical 
utilities,  and  in  a  perfectly  proper  way  it  can  do  much  to  bring  about 
a  favorable  public  opinion. 

Furthermore,  we  find  that  the  technical  articles  contained 
in  the  "journal"  are  of  great  value  in  keeping  our  operating  heads 
in  touch  with  the  activities  of  the  other  power  companies,  giving 
them  the  advantage  of  the  experience  of  others  in  the  solution  of 
many  problems  that  they  are  confronted  with  in  our  own  operations. 
To  this  end,  we  make  a  point  of  seeing  that  these  men  are  supplied 
monthly  with  copies  of  the  "Journal". 


very  truly  yours, 


a 


Vice-Free.  &  Gen.  Ugr. 


THE   JOURNAL   OF   ELECTRICITY 

AND  THE  LONG  DISTANCE  POWER  OPERATOR  — 

A.  B.  WEST,  vice-president  and  general  manager  of  the  Southern  Sierras 
Power  Company,  operating  the  longest  transmission  high  tension  system  in 
the  world:  "We  find  that  the  technical  articles  contained  in  the  Journal 
of  Electricity  are  of  great  value  in  keeping  our  operating  heads  in  touch 
with  the  activities  of  other  power  companies." 


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in  Idaho — a  huge  rubble  concrete  structure  towering 
348.5  ft.  in  vertical  height.  The  Calaveras,  near  San 
Francisco — 250  ft.  in  height — is  to  be  the  tallest 
dirt  filled  dam  in  the  world,  while  the  Morena,  near 
San  Diego — 267  ft.  high  from  the  bottom  of  its  foun- 
dations— is  the  highest  rock  fill  dam  ever  attempted 
in  the  history  of  engineering. 

The  world's  greatest  gold  dredge — electrically 
operated  throughout — Yuba  No.  16,  near  Hamonton, 
California — like  a  giant  iron  clad  Nautilus — devours 
with  its  chain  of  18  cubic  foot  buckets  a  grand  total 
of  15,000  tons  of  gravel  per  day.  It  digs  the  gravel, 
extracts  the  gold  and  stacks  the  waste  at  a  cost  of 
only  three  cents  per  ton. 

The  longest  high  voltage  submarine  cable  in  the 
world — the  high  powered  cable  of  the  Great  West- 
ern Power  Company  passing  beneath  the  San  Fran- 
cisco Bay  from  Oakland  to  San  Francisco,  a  distance 
of  3!/2  miles,  and  operating  at  11,000  volts. 

The  second  longest  span  of  aerial  cable  is  to  be 

found  at  Carquinez  Straits  near  Benicia,  California. 
Four  steel  cables  of  the  Pacific  Gas  &  Electric  Com- 
pany's system  cover  in  a  single  stretch  a  distance 
of  4427  feet. 

The  most  powerful  single  discharge  turbine  in 
the  world — the  18,000  h.p.  installation  of  the  Pacific 
Gas  &  Electric  Company  at  the  Wise  Power  Plant 
near  Colfax,  California. 

The  most  powerful  high  head  water  turbine  in 
the  world — the  new  24,000  h.p.  installation  of  the 
Puget  Sound  Traction,  Light  &  Power  Company  at 
the  White' River  Plant,  twenty  miles  south  of  Seattle. 

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STATE   WATER    COMMISSION 

OF 

CALIFORNIA 


August 

Twenty-eighth 
1918 


Mr.   Robert  Sibley,   Editor 

Journal   of   Electricity 

Crossley  Building 

San  Francisco,    Calforni 


I  know  of  no  great  q 
people  upon  which  the  popular  attitu 
of  Uydro-ole 


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fore  the  American 
•  so  fundamentally 
development.  In 
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lations  adopted  in  accordance  with  tuch  int 
which  are  clearly  antagonistic  to  true  conservation.  For- 
tunately, the  country  is  awakening,  though  tlowly,  to  riew 
tnis  most  Important  Industry  in  a  prcper  light.  Fortunately, 


personally  kno 


spreading  tnla  light.    I 
ic*!  which  is  rendering  tetter 


build 
ne  Journal  of  Electricity.    I  take 

tily  commend  your  efforts  and  to 
ndid  work  you  are  doing  in  the  campaign 
ieh  the 


up  the  industry. 

thi»  opportunity 

thank  you  for  the  •; 

for  more  exteneive  water  power  development,  upon  v 

future  of  the  entire  West  is  eo  vitally  dependent. 


Your*  very  truly. 


THE   JOURNAL   OF   ELECTRICITY 
AND    THE    ENGINEER  — 


A.  E.  CHANDLER,  president  of  the  San  Francisco  Engineers'  Club,  presi- 
dent of  the  California  Water  Commission  and  one  of  the  most  eminent 
authorities  on  Western  Water  Law:  "I  personally  know  of  no  periodical 
which  is  rendering  better  service  in  the  publication  of  facts,  figures  and 
arguments  designed  to  correct  existing  erroneous  views  and  to  build  up 
the  industry  than  the  Journal  of  Electricity." 


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Vast  Potential  Water  Power  of  the  West  — 

Thus  it  is  seen  that  over  seventy  per  cent  of  the 
undeveloped  water  power  of  the  nation  lies  in  the 
states  west  of  the  Rocky  Mountains.  In  other  words, 

POTENTIAL   WATER   POWER   OF   UNITED    STATES 

Minimum  hp.  Maximum  hp. 

North  Atlantic  States 2,225,000  4,092,000 

South  Atlantic  States 2,344,000  4,256,000 

North  Central   States 1,733,000  3,558,000 

South   Central   States 1,438,000  2,785,000 

Western  States 18,996,000  36,707,000 


26,736,000  51,398,000 

in  the  eight  Pacific  Coast  states  lie  undeveloped 
practically  two  and  one-half  times  the  undeveloped 
water  power  in  all  the  remaining  commonwealths  of 
the  nation  combined. 

Electrical  energy  due  to  its  use  in  pumping 
water  for  irrigation  throughout  the  West  is  render- 
ing a  unique  and  indispensable  service.  In  the  San 
Joaquin  Valley  of  California,  for  instance,  are  to  be 
found  the  most  extensive  electrically  operated  pumps 
in  the  world,  not  only  for  water  but  for  the  pumping 
of  fuel  oil  as  well.  California  alone  last  year  pro- 
duced over  a  billion  dollars  in  agricultural  wealth  and 
another  billion  in  manufactured  products.  Elec- 
tricity plays  a  vital  part  in  this  great  national 
service. 

The  public  service  commissions  of  the  West 
authorized  by  law  to  fix  the  rates  and  to  supervise 
generally  the  work  of  the  public  utilities  in  the  vari- 
ous commonwealths  have  established  new  and  impor- 
tant records  in  utility  achievement.  Indeed,  their 
rulings  are  models  of  their  kind.  In  the  Northwest 
as  well  as  in  California  the  eastern  commissions  find 


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PACIFIC  POWER  &  LIGHT  COMPANY 

»PAU>INO   B11LO1KG 

Journal  at  Bleotrioity,     PoRTLAND,  QREGO.N    August  28,   1918, 
Crossley  Building, 

San  Pranclsoo^g^i^^. 

I   take  ^B||j>laaaur«  in  sfleaklng  a  good  word  for 

It  has  *  worthy  raUslM  in  the  public  utility  in- 
dustry,  and  It   is   filling  it  noet  conraendably.     I  have 
watched  its  rapid  growth  and  progress   during  the  past  year 
with  a  great  de^Ac  iB^NHp  AM  industry  on  the  Paoifio 
Coast  nocds   cuoh  a  JouraaO,  *yo^HBfcpoperly  reflect  to 
the  Industry  generally  and- the  pu^ic  the  development  and 
progress  that  is  being  made. 

Yonr  Journal  deserves  to  succeed  and  to  receive 
the  hearty  cooperation  of  the  industry  in  the  service  it  is 
rendering. 

He s pact fully  yours. 


THE   JOURNAL   OF   ELECTRICITY 
AND  THE  GREAT  NORTHWEST  — 


GUY  W.  TALBOT,  president  of  the  Northwest  Electric  Light  &  Power 
Association  and  of  the  Pacific  Power  &  Light  Company,  and  a  recognized 
builder  in  the  Northwest:  "The  Journal  of  Electricity  has  a  worthy  mis- 
sion in  the  public  utility  industry  and  it  is  filling  it  most  commendably. 
Your  journal  deserves  to  succeed  and  to  receive  the  hearty  cooperation  of 
the  industry  in  the  service  it  is  rendering." 


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ELECTRICITY   IN   WESTERN   AGRICULTURE 

More  electricity  is  used  on  the  farms  of  California  alone  than  in  all  the 
rest  of  the  United  States  together,  the  other  states  of  the  West  ranking 
second. 


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SAN  JOAQUIN  LIGHT  &  POWER  CORPORATION 

GENERAL  OFFICE 
FRESNO.  CALIFORNIA 


«r.  Robert  Sibley,  Editor, 
Journal  of  Electricity, 
San  Francisco,  California. 


August  23,  1918. 


Dear  Sir:- 

It  seens  to  no  that  the  Journal  of 
Electricity  is  reaching  more  of  the  people  engaged 
in  the  development  of  the  electrical  industries  on 
the  Pacific  Coaat  and  ia  giving  then  a  better  diversity 
of  subjects,   that  are  interesting  to  the  trade,  than 
ever  has  boon  done  by  it  before.        The  mass  of  infor- 
mation furnished  the  readers  otthe  Journal  ia  refresh- 
ing and  illuminating,  I  think,  largely,   because  na.iy  of 
the  articles  are  by  the  men  whon  we  all  know.       I  find 
a  large  number  of  the  San  Joaquin  organization  depending 
upon  the  paper  as  never  before.         I  have  made  inquiries 
and  learn  that  they  place  it  first  in  the  natter  of 
technical  and  general  information  in  our  line.         There 
is  no  nediun  of  advertising  that  could  possible  reach 
the  electrical  trade  on  this  coast  with  the  sane  influ- 
ence, and  therefore,   it  ought  to  be  a  prine  source  for 
advertising. 


THE   JOURNAL   OF   ELECTRICITY 
IN   AGRICULTURAL  AREAS  — 


A.  G.  WISHON,  general  manager  of  the  San  Joaquin  Light  &  Power  Cor- 
poration, a  corporation  that  serves  the  greatest  electrically  irrigated  area 
in  the  world:  "My  men  place  the  Journal  of  Electricity  first  in  the  mat- 
ter of  technical  and  general  information  in  our  line.  There  is  no  medium 
of  advertising  that  could  possibly  reach  the  electrical  trade  on  this  coast 
with  the  same  influence,  and  therefore  it  ought  to  be  a  prime  source  of 
advertising." 


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JlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllMlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllli: 

much  from  which  to  pattern  in  building  up  their 
decisions. 

The  electrical  contractor  dealers  of  the  West  are 
recognized  as  the  most  progressive  group  in  the 
United  States — even  in  British  Columbia  to  the 
north.  Stated  meetings  are  held  at  which  problems 
vital  to  the  interest  of  the  industry  are  discussed  and 
action  taken  looking  to  their  solution.  It  was  early 
recognized  that  the  West  had  thus  advanced  so  far 
beyond  the  East  in  the  contractor-dealer  movement 
and  its  spirit  of  co-operative  helpfulness  that  W.  L. 
Goodwin,  a  product  of  the  Pacific  Coast  States,  car- 
ried the  ideals  of  western  cooperative  helpfulness  to 
the  centers  of  the  East  and  established  what  is  now 
known  as  The  Goodwin  Plan  —  which  in  recent 
months  has  been  recognized  by  authorities  the  world 
over  in  establishing  a  new  era  in  the  merchandising 
of  electrical  ware. 

The  California  Electrical  Co-operative  Campaign 

is  a  movement  of  cooperative  helpfulness  originating 
in  California  that  comprises  all  four  branches  of  the 
electrical  industry — the  manufacturer,  the  jobber, 
the  central  station,  and  the  contractor-dealer — 
whereby  new  ideals  in  mutual  service  have  been 
established.  A  fund  of  $12,000  has  been  voluntarily 
contributed  from  all  branches  of  the  industry  to 
to  carry  on  the  work.  Two  paid  field  agents  are  now 
traveling  up  and  down  the  great  commonwealth  of 
California,  preaching  the  gospel  of  the  Golden  Rule 
and  the  principle  of  cooperation.  These  field  agents 
act  under  the  direction  of  an  advisory  committee 
composed  of  a  notable  group  of  men  representing  all 
branches  of  the  industry  who  have  in  former  years 
established  records  for  coordinating  the  work  in  the 
industry. 

I  i 

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SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA  EDISON  COMPANY 


EDISON 
LOS  ANGELES,  CAUFORMA 


Mr.  Willie  M.  Deming 

Vioe  President  and  Business  Manager 

Journal  of  ELeotrlcity 

Crossley  Bldg.,  San  Prar.elaco,  Cal. 

Dear  Slrt 


August  26th,  1918. 


tif led  interest  the  progress  w> 
maldng,  it^aeems  opportune  to 


which  the 

con- 
it  work  that  it  Is  doing  for  the 
Jiflc  Coast. 


Observing  with 
Journal  of  Electricity  has 
gratulate  you  upon  the  exo< 
electrical  business  of  th 


Studious  in  the  consideration  of  .all  the  important 
developments  and  innovatiena»  the  graat  body  of  mon  who  represent 
the  eleotrioal  profession -have  come  properly  to  regard  the  Journal's 
utterances  as  based  on  accurate  knowledge,  «-n£  entitled  to  thoughtful 
consideration. 


In  fostering 

In  California,  the  object 
the  several  branches  of  o 
and  enduring  work.   Its  po 
and  courage,  which  has  do 
a  future  of  progress! v 


splendid  electrical  co-operative  movement 

IB  to  bring  into  harmonious  working 

try,  the  Journal  has  done  a  nBgnlflcent 

reflect  a  decided  spirit  of  optimism 

electrify  our  region,  and  portends 

t.     ^St 


Any  one  familiar'Sfcth  the"  Journal's  make-up  cannot  help 
.dwelling  upon  the  advertising  pages, which  are  always  Interesting  and 
Instructive,  showing  conclusively  that  the  Journal  is  a  profitable 
medium,  by  which  the  manufacturers  and  dealers  of  electrical  supplies 
ftfn  present  their  propositions  directly  to  the  enormous  purchasing 
cliental  with  which  you  must  be  in  constant  touch. 

It  la  my  custom  to  look  carefully  though  each  issue  of  the 
Journal  of  Electricity,  net  only  for  its  educational  value,  but  because 
if     I  do  not,  I  am  sure  to  learn  that  I  have  missed  something  of  importance. 
I  notice  that  my  assistants  seem  to  take  the  same  attitude. 

With  appreciation  of  your  work  and  renewed  wishes  for  your 


Tours  very  truly, 


Secretary  and  General  «ent. 


THE   JOURNAL   OF   ELECTRICITY 

AND   THE   CO-OPERATIVE   CAMPAIGN  — 


S.  M.  KENNEDY,  general  agent  of  the  Southern  California  Edison  Com- 
pany and  one  of  the  best  known  authorities  on  commercial  matters  per- 
taining to  the  electrical  industry:  "In  fostering  the  splendid  cooperative 
movement  in  California,  the  Journal  of  Electricity  has  done  a  magnificent 
and  enduring  work." 


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The  Universities  of  the  West  are  recognized  the 
world  over  as  institutions  unique  in  their  production 
of  men  of  an  adventurous  type  that  play  the  game 
of  life  with  an  avowed  intention  to  be  of  service  to 
mankind  and  the  desire  to  institute  new  and  daring 
enterprises  in  engineering  endeavor,  in  statesman- 
ship and  in  journalism.  Herbert  Hoover,  Franklin 
K.  Lane,  Jack  London  and  James  Hopper  are  typical 
of  our  argonauts  in  the  West.  Here  in  our  great 
electrical  industry  upon  close  inspection  will  be 
found  fully  two  score  such  men  devoted  to  ideals  of 
service  in  engineering  daring  and  helpfulness  that 
may  well  challenge  the  world  to  match  their  caliber. 

Shipbuilding  is  proceeding  in  Pacific  Coast  ports 
in  progress  without  a  parallel  in  the  annals  of  the 
art.  Not  only  is  a  vast  proportion  of  the  new 
25,000,000  tonnage  of  the  Emergency  Fleet  Corpora- 
tion being  constructed  here,  but  the  workmanship 
in  efficiency  and  in  speed  is  carrying  away  all  honors 
offered  by  the  corporation.  The  following  figures 
supplied  by  the  U.  S.  Shipping  Board  speak  for  them- 
selves : 

Ships  Completed  and  Delivered  up  to  Sept.  14,  1918 
Pacific  Coast  section,  137  vessels  of  1,011,160  d.w.  tons. 
Atlantic  Coast  section  87  vessels  of  634,860  d.w.  tons. 
Great  Lakes  section  131  vessels  of  399,855  d.w.  tons. 
Gulf  Coast  section  1  vessel  of  3,500  d.w.  tons. 
Total,  356  vessels  of  2,045,875  d.w.  tons. 

It  will  be  noticed  the  Pacific  Coast  quota  was  practically 
fifty  per  cent  and  that  the  ships  built  on  the  Coast  averaged 
nearly  six  hundred  tons  larger  than  on  the  Atlantic. 

Ships  Launched  but    not    yet    Completed    and    Delivered  to 
September  14,  1918 

Pacific  Coast  section,  134  vessels  of  610,900  d.w.  tons. 
Atlantic  Coast  section  69  vessels  of  392,816  d.w.  tons. 
Great  Lakes  section  33  vessels  of  117,050  d.w.  tons. 
Gulf  Coast  section  28  vessels  of  102,800  d.w.  tons. 
Total,  264  vessels  of  1,223,566  d.w.  tons. 


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Western  Electric  Company, 


eao  roLSOM  STREET 
SAN  FRANCISCO 


September  4th,   1918 


HOB1M  SIBLBT, 

o/o  Journal  of    Sleot 

CROS3LST  flUILDIK, 

SAE  IBATCISOO,  OALI 


Dear  Mr.  Slbley: 

I  always  look  for«*jrd  to  the  latest  Issue  of  tho  Journal  of 
Eleotrlolty  with  the  creates*  latercet  and  pleasure  as  to  the  popular 
and  instructive  reading  utter  covering  teaimloal  «ubjeots,  current 
events  an!  happening*  on  the  P&olflc  ifet^^^^V*  advertising  i»o- 
tlon  la  both  Instruct Ive  and 
material. 

I  want  to  take  this  opportunity  of  congratulating  you  on 
publishing  the  most  widely  read  electrical  trade  paper  wect  of  the  Rocky 
Mountain*. 

7lihlng  you   further  inooeia,  beg  to  remain, 

lours  r«ry  tru 

^r .&/* 

3AIS3  KAKAJiKB 


of  eleotrloal 


THE   JOURNAL   OF   ELECTRICITY 

AND   THE   ELECTRICAL  TRADE   IN   THE   WEST — 

W.  S.  BERRY,  western  salesmanager  of  the  Western  Electric  Company 
and  president  of  the  Pacific  Division  of  the  Electrical  Supply  Jobbers' 
Association:  "I  want  to  take  this  opportunity  of  congratulating  you  on 
publishing  the  most  widely  read  electrical  trade  paper  west  of  the  Rocky 
Mountains." 


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Here  again  the  Pacific  Coast  has  furnished  fifty 
per  cent  of  the  total  ships  launched  in  the  entire 
country. 

The  bank  clearings  for  the  month  of  August  of 
twenty-two  cities  of  the  West  indicate  some  of  the 
vast  spending  power  of  this  region: — 


City 

San   Francisco   . 

Aug.,  1918 

$488,652,47 

City 

Stockton 

Aug.,  1918 

8  786,470 

Seattle 

164,528,363 

8  267  679 

Los  Angeles 

129,247,000 

Helena 

7  484,119 

Portland 

109,707,379 

6  000  000 

Salt  Lake  City... 

52,358,981 

San  Jose 

5,384,308 

Spokane 

32,724,455 

4  877  742 

Oakland 

27,833,395 

Long  Beach 

4  318  113 

Tacoma    

22,365,348 

Pasadena 

3,548,024 

Sacramento 

18  253  773 

Yaklma 

3  451  621 

Fresno   

10,854,613 

Bakersfield 

3,177,418 

San    Diego    .. 

10,509.717 

Reno  ... 

2.821.919 

A  total  of  $1,125,152,944.     It  is  to  be  noted  that  this  is  not  a  month  in 
which   the   transactions   of   the   Liberty    Loan   modify   the   figures. 

The  bank  clearings  for  cities  of  Arizona,  New  Mexico  and  Colorado  ™ 

were   not  available,   hence  are  not  included   in  this  list. 

|          The  Journal  of  Electricity          | 

The  Journal  of  Electricity  is  one  of  the  oldest 
electrical  papers  of  the  United  States.  Foreseeing 
the  possibilities  of  this  beginning  industry  in  the 
West,  the  paper  started  in  1887  to  help  its  growth 
and  to  meet  its  needs.  From  that  time  to  this  it  has 
played  a  vital  part  in  every  development  which  has 
taken  place  in  the  West.  Its  columns  form  a  record 
(in  many  cases  the  only  one  now  available)  of  the 
successive  world  records  and  remarkable  achieve- 
ments of  this  region  in  the  electrical  field;  its  co- 
operation and  its  full  support  have  been  of  material 
assistance  in  every  movement  in  the  way  of  progress. 


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PACIFIC  STATES  ELECTRIC  COMPANY 

San  Francisco, Cal. 
August  16th  1918 


MR.  30BEHT  SIBLEY. 
Journal  of  Electricity, 


Crossley  Bldg, 


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Dear  Sir:- 

The  Journal 
and  rapid  progress  In 


.has  made  euch  substantial 
rse  of  the  la*t  twelve  months  that 


I  am  constrained  to   -ohpll^wnt  you  and  the  organization  of  the 
Journal  of  Eleotrioity.^^Bjf«#4h«  «l«otrioal  distributors  on 
the  Paolfio  Coast,  we  :^v«  been  keenly  invested  in  your  efforts 
to  bring  to  the  sleotrioa^ljpMig  pnTjllj^^^oblems  of  vrhole- 
sale  and  retail  diai^Am.  £*is  form^^H&ragecient  la  vary 

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helpful  to  the  aleeJH^ksKl^utoz^l 

It  is  beoauseo^JIPlpRther  reasons  that  our 
Company  has  used  your  columns  for  a  substantial  part  of  It's 
advertising  program. 

You  have  set  for  yourselves  a  rate  of  progress  which 
I  am  fearful  you  will  find  difficult  to  maintain. 

Very  truly 


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THE  JOURNAL  OF  ELECTRICITY 
AND  THE  ELECTRICAL  JOBBER  — 


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T.  E.  BIBBINS,  president  and  general  manager  of  the  Pacific  States  Elec- 
tric Company,  one  of  the  best  known  supply  houses  in  the  West:  "We 

have  been  keenly  interested  in  your  efforts  to  bring  to  the  electrical  reading 
public  the  problems  of  wholesale  and  retail  distribution.  It  is  because  of 
this  and  other  reasons  that  our  company  has  used  your  columns  for  a 
substantial  part  of  its  advertising  program." 


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Through  the  personal  work  of  those  associated  with 
it  and  through  the  influence  of  its  columns,  the 
Journal  of  Electricity  has  been  a  leader  in  formulat- 
ing the  policies  of  the  industry  and  it  can  fairly  claim 
a  large  measure  of  responsibility  for  the  cooperative 
spirit  and  successful  inter-organization  of  the  indus- 
try in  the  West. 

Societies  and  the  Cooperative  Movement  — 

The  Journal  of  Electricity  was  instrumental  in 
the  formation  of  the  Pacific  Electrical  Transmission 
Society  in  1899  which  played  so  important  a  part  in 
affairs  electrical  on  this  coast  up  to  1903.  Members 
of  the  staff  were  among  those  to  propose  and  carry 
out  the  Electrical  Development  League  and  the 
Pacific  Coast  Section  N.  E.  L.  A.  The  Journal  of 
Electricity  has  been  a  consistent  advocate  of  the  co- 
operative movement  and  its  editorials  for  several 
years  preceding  fostered  the  spirit  which  led  up  to 
the  formation  of  the  Electrical  Cooperative  Cam- 
paign of  California.  It  has  watched  and  recorded 
the  growth  of  the  electrical  retail  trade  in  this 
region,  has  stood  for  its  organization  and  develop- 
ment and  in  sympathy  with  the  western  standpoint, 
is  today  taking  an  important  part  in  the  solution  of 
merchandising  problems.  It  is  now  urging  the  unifi- 
cation of  Engineering  Societies  in  the  West  with  the 
purpose  of  meeting  vital  sectional  problems  in  a  co- 
operative spirit. 

Legislation  — 

In  the  formulating  of  legislation  with  a  bearing 
on  the  electrical  industry  the  Journal  of  Electricity 
has  played  an  important  part.  Recognizing  the  de- 
velopment of  our  water  resources  as  primarily  a 
problem  of  the  West,  it  has  untiringly,  and  in  the 
early  days  almost  single-handedly,  waged  a  campaign 


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THE    CALIFORNIA   ASSOCIATION 

-OF- 

ELCCTRICAL   CONTRACTORS    AND    DEALERS 


Jtr.  Robert  Sib 

Sooty  &  Editor  In  Chi* 

Journal  of  Blectrielty, 

Croseley  Building, 
San  Franc IBOO,  Calif 

Dear  Sir:- 


Aug.  24,  Hie. 


It  Is  ulth  considerable  pleasure  that  I  aa  privileged 
to  express  here.  In  a  snail  measure,  the  sentiment  of  the 
Electrical  Contractors  and  Dealers  In  this  State  about  the 
assistance  and  friendly  oo-operatlon  that  le  so  very  evident 
In  your  Journal  of  Eleotrloity. 

The  Eleotrloal  Contractors  and  Dealers  have  felt  the 
need  of  Just  suoh  assistance  aa  you  ure  rendering  and.  In 
these  days  of  evolution  af  the  contractor-dealer  movement, 
your  columns  are  providing  a  medium  of  eiohange  that  Is 
Indeed  very  helpful.  | 

My  personal  *l8hee  are  that  you  will  continue  to  work 
along  the  lineal  of  development  that  you  have  adopted  as  your 
polloy  and  thaT  the  support  of  the  Eleotrloal  Contractors 
and  Dealers  ulll  oontlnue  as  en  acknowledgement  of  their 
appreciation. 

with  sincere  wishes  for  your  every  success.  I  an, 
Tourt  rsrjr  truly. 

HCR/J. 


THE   JOURNAL   OF   ELECTRICITY 
AND    THE    CONTRACTOR-DEALER  — 


H.  C.  REID,  president  of  the  California  Association  of  Electrical  Contrac- 
tors and  Dealers — an  association  of  national  reputation  for  effective  re- 
sults: "The  electrical  contractors  and  dealers  have  felt  the  need  of  just 
such  assistance  as  you  are  rendering  and,  in  these  days  of  evolution  of 
the  contractor-dealer  movement,  your  columns  are  providing  a  medium  of 
exchange  that  is  indeed  very  helpful." 


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editorials  have  been  read  by  and  have  influenced 
representatives  and  senators  toward  a  recognition  of 


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CORRESPONDENCE    FROM    THE    WORLD    OVER 

From  every  corner  of  the  globe  come  inquiries,  letters  of  appreciation, 
requests  for  help.  Russia,  China,  Japan,  Siam,  Canada,  Ireland,  South 
America,  England  and  Italy  are  to  be  recognized  from  the  stamps  of 
this  group. 

the  importance  of  governmental  relief.  The  Journal 
of  Electricity  was  one  of  the  leaders  in  the  move- 
ment which  led  to  the  formation  of  a  Railroad  Com- 
mission in  California,  the  forerunner  of  western  de- 
velopment in  that  line  and  in  many  respects  the  pat- 
tern for  later  eastern  action.  The  Journal  of  Elec- 


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THE     JOURNAL     OF    ELECTRICITY 

IN    EVERY    QUARTER    OF    THE    GREAT    WEST  — 


H.  L.  BLEEKER,  vice-president  of  the  Northwest  Elec- 
tric Light  &  Power  Association  and  vice-president  and 
general  manager  of  The  Washington  Water  Power 
Company,  a  company  that  serves  the  electrical  lines  of 
the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  &  Puget  Sound  Railway  and  the 
superbly  electrically  equipped  mines  of  the  famous  Coeur 
d'Alenes  of  Idaho:  "I  would  say  that  it  is  more  closely 
read  than  any  other  publication  of  its  class  that  we 
receive,  and  we  look  for  its  receipt  with  keen  pleasure." 


RONALD  C.  GRIFFIN,  electrical  distribution  department 
of  the  Pacific  Gas  &  Electric  Company,  writes  to  the 
editor  of  the  Journal  of  Electricity  how  the  younger  men 
view  its  contents:  "The  Journal  of  Electricity  is  so  full 
of  matter  of  intimate  interest  to  western  engineers  that 
it  compels  me  to  decide  that  I  can  no  longer  continue 
to  be  a  non-subscriber." 


GEORGE  A.  CAMPBELL,  general  manager  of  The 
Truckee  River  General  Electric  Company,  the  largest 
and  most  influential  public  utility  company  in  Nevada: 

"You  will  continue  to  grow  because  you  are  expending 
your  greatest  effort  in  advancing  the  industry,  instead 
of  utilizing  all  your  energy  in  advancing  the  Journal." 


ED  WRIGHT,  secretary  of  the  Public  Service  Commis- 
sion of  Oregon,  a  commission  noted  for  many  advances 
in  utility  regulation:  "We  have  found  your  publication 
to  be  of  interest  and  value  to  the  commission,  and  shall 
be  glad  to  be  placed  upon  your  paid  subscription  list." 


L.  R.  JORGENSEN,  consulting  engineer  and  chairman 
of  the  San  Francisco  Section  of  the  American  Institute 
of  Electrical  Engineers:  "About  eighteen  years  ago,  I 
began  to  read  the  Journal  of  Electricity  regularly.  As 
an  engineer  and  as  chairman  of  the  San  Francisco  Sec- 
tion of  the  American  Institute  of  Electrical  Engineers, 
I  have  at  all  times  found  the  Journal  of  Electricity  and 
its  staff  most  helpful  in  my  work." 


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tricity  has  assisted  in  bringing  about  the  financing 
of  Pacific  Coast  utilities  to  a  marked  degree;  its 
records  have  more  than  once  been  accepted  in  courts 
unquestioned  in  the  determining  of  patent  priorities. 

Technical  Advance  — 

In  the  columns  of  the  Journal  of  Electricity 
have  been  recorded  the  achievements  in  technical 
practice  and  thought  during  the  past  thirty-one 
years,  so  many  of  which  have  been  developed  in  the 
West.  Through  its  pages  have  been  presented  for 
the  first  time  new  theories  of  valuation,  of  engineer- 
ing thought  and  electrical  practice  which  have  since 
been  adopted  into  general  use  or  are  the  forerunners 
of  future  developments.  The  Journal  of  Electricity 
has  fostered  research  work  in  the  Universities  and 
is  in  some  measure  responsible  for  the  institution  of 
courses  to  meet  technical  needs  along  the  lines  of 
both  gas  and  electricity.  It  has  stood  for  the  broad- 
ening of  the  scientific  and  engineering  curriculum  in 
our  universities.  In  the  meeting  of  special  western 
problems  such  as  the  use  of  fuel  oil  in  power  plants 
and  the  applications  of  electricity  to  western  agricul- 
ture it  has  in  large  measure  stood  alone  in  its  contri- 
bution to  the  industry. 

National  and  International  Relations  — 

Since  its  foundation  the  Journal  of  Electricity 
has  had  a  national  standing  of  dignity  compatible 
with  its  age  and  its  high  standards,  and  has  been  of 
influence  in  bringing  the  western  case  and  the  west- 
ern problems  before  the  tribunal  of  eastern  centers. 
Furthermore,  the  Journal  of  Electricity  has  been  a 
pioneer  in  the  urging  of  a  larger  and  more  whole- 
some outlook  toward  our  Pan-Pacific  neighbors. 
From  the  first  it  has  found  an  interested  audience  in 
this  field  and  today  it  has  subscribers  in  Japan, 

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Representatives  of 

a  Billion  Dollars  in  Invested  Capital 

Thank  the  Journal  of  Electricity  — 

PACIFIC  COAST  SECTION,  N.  E.  L.  A.  (Riverside  Conven- 
tion), an  association  representing  over  a  half-billion  dollars 
in  invested  capital:  "We  wish  to  place  on  record  as  the  first 
resolution,  one  coming  from  the  convention  as  a  whole  and. 
expressing  the  sentiments  of  each  individual  member,  a  reso- 
lution acknowledging  our  full  appreciation  of  the  work  done, 
and  the  unselfish  cooperation  of  the  Journal  of  Electricity 
and  its  staff.  To  the  Journal  and  its  organization  this  con- 
vention is  indeed  indebted: 

"Whereas,  The  Journal  of  Electricity  has  freely  published  in  its 
columns  all  of  the  papers  and  reports  presented  at  the  Riverside  Conven- 
tion of  the  Pacific  Coast  Section,  N.  E.  L.  A.,  and  has  also  published  a 
Daily  Service  Issue  during  the  convention, 

"Be  It  Resolved,  That  this  Association  hereby  expresses  its  hearty 
thanks  to  the  Journal  and  places  on  record  its  appreciation  alike  of  the 
generosity  and  efficiency  with  which  this  service  has  been  rendered." 

PACIFIC  COAST  SECTION,  N.  E.  L.  A.  (Del  Monte  Conven- 
tion). In  writing  to  Robert  Sibley,  Editor  of  the  Journal  of 
Electricity,  who  acted  as  general  chairman  of  the  Convention 
Committee,  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Association  thus 
expressed  itself: 

"The  Executive  Committee  of  the  Pacific  Coast  Section, 
N.  E.  L.  A.f  at  its  meeting  of  Sept.  20,  1918,  unanimously 
decided  that  a  vote  of  thanks  and  appreciation  be  extended  to 
the  Journal  of  Electricity  organization  for  the  able,  efficient 
and  economical  manner  in  which  the  convention  details  were 
handled." 

From  the  Proceedings  of  the  Spokane  Convention  of  the 
Northwest  Electric  Light  &  Power  Association  — 

MR.  CLARK  (Puget  Sound  Traction,  Light  &  Power  Com- 
pany): "I  think  it  is  perfectly  fitting  that  this  Association 
take  some  action  in  the  way  of  expressing  appreciation  and 
gratitude  to  the  publication  known  as  the  Journal  of  Elec- 
tricity for  the  very  excellent  cooperation  and  interest  that 
they  have  manifested  in  the  proceedings  of  this  Association 
which  has  made  possible  the  chronicling  of  the  events  of  this 
body  in  such  a  way  that  it  is  bound  to  add  prestige  and  give 
impetus  to  the  work  of  the  Association;  and  particularly  to 
the  cause  of  the  development  of  the  electric  range.  I  move 
that  an  expression  of  appreciation  be  extended  by  this  Asso- 
ciation on  behalf  of  the  Journal  of  Electricity."  Motion  duly 
seconded,  put  to  a  vote  and  unanimously  carried. 

PRESIDENT  OSBORN:     "And  that  is  well  merited." 


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QUOTED    IN    TWO    HEMISPHERES 

A  few  of  the  many  quotations  from  the  Journal  of  Electricity  which  have 
appeared  in  leading  papers  all  over  the  world.  Represented  here  are: 
The  Literary  Digest,  The  Scientific  American,  Millard's  Review  of  Shang- 
hai, China,  Denkinotomo  of  Japan,  The  San  Francisco  Chronicle,  The  Friday 
Electrical  Page,  Portland,  Oregon,  The  N.  E.  L.  A.  Bulletin,  The  Pacific 
Service  Magazine,  The  Bulletin  of  the  Pacific  Power  &  Light  Company, 
The  Electrical  News  of  Toronto,  Canada,  The  Electrical  Review  of  London, 
England,  and  the  Electrical  World.  Australia,  South  Africa  and  India 
should  also  be  included  in  this  list. 


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GOVERNMENTAL  AUTHORITIES 

THANK  THE   JOURNAL.  OF  ELECTRICITY 

FOR   ITS    WAR    SERVICE    WORK  — 


GEORGE  A.  VAN  SMITH,  manager  of  publicity  for  the 
Twelfth  Federal  Reserve  District  for  the  various  Liberty 
Loan  Drives:  "I  wish  on  behalf  of  the  General  Publicity 
Committee  to  congratulate  you  upon  the  excellence  of 
your  thumb-nail  sketches  and  slogan  editorials.  They 
can  not  fail  to  be  of  tremendous  advantage  to  the  work 
of  this  organization." 


GEO.  P.  EDWARDS,  in  charge  of  Loan  Publicity  for 
the  division  of  the  Trade  Press:  "The  value  of  your 
publication,  enlisted  in  the  cause  inaugurated  by  the 
President  of  the  United  States  of  warring  for  humanity 
and  America,  cannot  be  overestimated." 


FRANKLIN    K.    LANE,    Secretary    of    the    Interior:      "I 

have  received  the  copy  of  the  Journal  of  Electricity  for 
Sept.  15,  1918,  and  want  to  send  you  this  word  of  thanks 
for  the  attention  which  you  gave  to  the  returning  soldier 
proposition." 


B.  S.  CUTLER,  chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Foreign  and 
Domestic  Commerce,  in  acknowledging  the  good  work  of 
the  Journal  of  Electricity  in  forwarding  commercial 
helpfulness  among  our  foreign  neighbors:  "I  have  read 
with  pleasure  the  editorial  in  the  September  15,  1918 
number  of  your  journal  and  wish  to  express  my  appre- 
ciation of  the  cordial  manner  in  which  you  are  helping 
us  to  put  before  American  manufacturers  the  opportuni- 
ties that  await  them  in  foreign  fields." 


A.  E.  SCHWABACHER,  Federal  Fuel  Administrator,  in 
writing  appreciatively  to  the  Editor  of  the  Journal: 

"With  thanks  to  you  and  the  men  of  your  Journal  for 
the  excellent  support  you  are  giving  the  Fuel  Adminis- 
tration in  its  efforts  for  conservation." 


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China,  Korea,  Russia  (the  Russian  government  is 
still  on  its  lists  for  five  paid  subscriptions),  India, 
Australia,  the  Philippines,  Hawaii  and  in  practically 
every  country  of  South  America. 

Personal  Influence  — 

Today  the  Journal  of  Electricity  stands  for  serv- 
ice to  the  West,  the  solution  of  its  problems  and  the 
recording  of  its  achievements.  Not  only  does  it 
bring  information  to  meet  the  particular  needs  of 
this  region  but  it  is  heart  and  soul  in  the  develop- 
ment of  the  electrical  industry  west  of  the  Rockies 
and  has  a  part  in  the  plans  and  policies  which  deter- 
mine the  course  of  its  progress.  In  recognition  of 
its  standard  of  impartial  service,  the  Journal  of 
Electricity  is  increasingly  being  called  upon  to  give 
advice  and  information  on  the  worth  of  electrical 
ware,  of  electrical  firms  and  individual  recommenda- 
tions for  employment  and  government  service. 

War  Service  — 

Since  the  United  States  has  entered  the  great 
war,  the  sole  object  of  the  Journal  of  Electricity  has 
been  to  serve  the  nation.  Realizing  that  only  in  so 
far  as  it  may  help  to  win  this  war  and  to  prepare  for 
a  sane  reconstruction  period  after  the  war,  can  it  jus- 
tify its  existence  during  this  trying  time,  the  entire 
work  of  the  paper  has  been  tested  on  this  basis.  Not 
only  have  the  members  of  this  organization  attained 
100  per  cent  in  all  war  giving,  not  only  have  fifty 
per  cent  of  its  staff  entered  the  government  service 
and  their  positions  where  possible  filled  with  young 
women  workers  in  the  spirit  of  the  times,  but  every 
contribution  to  the  columns  of  the  Journal  of  Elec- 
tricity has  been  weighed  in  the  light  of  its  value  to 
the  national  interest.  Its  service  in  Liberty  Loan 
and  other  patriotic  campaigns  has  been  recognized 


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by  special  letters*  of  thanks  from  government  offi- 
cials— and  the  contents  of  its  pages  even  where  not 
specifically  labelled  "war"  are  selected  with  the 
thought  of  contributing  to  the  efficiency  of  an  indus- 
try which  is  a  war  essential.  Lost  energy  and 
wasteful  methods  are  today  a  national  loss — and  to 
the  elimination  of  such  conditions,  as  well  as  to  the 
furthering  of  direct  war  service,  the  influence  of  the 
Journal  of  Electricity  is  pledged. 

THE  JOURNAL  STAFF 

The  thirty-one  years  that  have  been  chronicled 
by  the  Journal  of  Electricity  and  its  predecessors 
have  been  years  of  splendid  achievement. 

E.  B.  Strong,  the  veteran  president  of  the  Tech- 
nical Publishing  Company,  publishers  of  the  Journal 

of  Electricity,  has  devoted 
many  years  of  service  to 
the  Journal  of  Electricity  in 
its  efforts  to  disseminate 
throughout  the.  known 
world  over  fifty  billion  good 
words  for  the  West.  Mr. 
Strong  has  been  associated 
with  the  publishing  busi- 
ness on  this  coast  for  over 
thirty  years.  He  is  a  recog- 
nized builder,  of  construc- 
tive vision  for  all  things 
that  are  for  the  betterment  of  the  great  section  of 
the  country  served  by  the  Journal  of  Electricity. 

W.  M.  Deming,  general  manager  of  the  Journal 
of  Electricity,  is  a  native  of  New  England  and  came 
to  the  Journal  in  August,  1917,  after  twenty-nine 
years  of  successful  business  experience  with  the 

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General  Electric  Company,  in  which  service  he  occu- 
pied many  positions  of  importance  and  responsibility. 
Mr.  Deming  is  a  figure  of  national  reputation  in  the 
electrical  industry  and  his  wide  experience  acquired 
first  hand  in  many  of  the  problems  of  the  electrical 
industry— particularly  in  the  jobbing  and  contractor- 
dealer  field — is  of  invaluable  assistance  in  the  help- 
ful work  of  the  Journal  of  Electricity  in  building  up 
the  electrical  industry  in  the  West.  As  president 
and  part  owner  of  the  Electric  Supply  Company  of 
Memphis,  Term.,  one  of  the  best  known  electrical 
supply  houses  in  the  South,  he  not  only  keeps  in  con- 
stant touch  with  all  problems  affecting  the  industry, 
but  is  himself  vitally  interested  in  their  correct 
solution. 

Robert  Sibley,  the  editor  of  the  Journal  of 
Electricity,  is  a  native  of  the  Southern  States.  He 
received  his  high  school  and  college  education  in  the 
West,  graduating  in  1903  as  the  most  distinguished 
student  among  the  engineering  classes  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  California  and  was  the  only  graduate  of  the 
year  to  be  elected  to  all  three  of  the  scholarship 
societies— Phi  Beta  Kappa,  Sigma  Xi,  and  Tau  Beta 
Pi.  He  has  served  four  years  as  head  of  the  school 
of  engineering  at  the  University  of  Montana  and  four 
years  as  professor  of  mechanical  engineering  at  the 
University  of  California.  He  came  with  the  Journal 
in  1911  and  since  January,  1917,  h^s  directed  the 
editorial  policy  of  the  Journal.  Mr.  Sibley's  writings 
on  subjects  relating  to  hydroelectric  and  steam  elec- 
tric practice  in  the  West,  and  on  engineering  devel- 
opment in  China,  Japan  and  other  points  of  the 
Orient,  where  he  has  traveled  extensively,  have  been 
widely  and  favorably  reviewed  in  the  technical  and 
scientific  press  of  the  world.  Characteristic  of  this 
comment  is  the  signed  review  of  his  recent  book  on 

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W.    M.    Deming 
General    Manager 


Robert    Sibley 
Editor 


A.   H.   Halloran 

Assistant   Business  Manager 


Miss  Clotilde  Grunsky 
Associate   Editor 


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"Elements  of  Fuel  Oil  and  Steam  Engineering,"  that 
has  just  appeared  in  the  September  issue  of  the 
Journal  of  the  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engi- 
neers, which  tersely  summarizes  his  recent  book  in 
the  following  highly  favorable  light:  "It  is  unques- 
tionably the  best  work  of  its  kind  for  students  of 
steam  engineering  who  are  interested  in  fuel  oil." 

Arthur  H.  Halloran,  assistant  business  manager 
of  the  Journal  of  Electricity,  graduated  from  the 
University  of  California  with  the  class  of  1904.  He 
has  been  a  consistent  worker  in  behalf  of  the  Journal 
since  1907  when  he  entered  the  Journal's  service. 
In  addition  to  Mr.  Halloran' s  present  activity  on  the 
business  end  of  the  Journal  he  is  also  serving  in  a 
most  effective  manner  as  secretary  of  the  Pacific 
Coast  Section,  N.  E.  L.  A.,  with  which  organization 
he  has  been  intimately  associated  since  its  founding 
in  1916.  Prior  to  coming  with  the  Journal  of  Elec- 
tricity, Mr.  Halloran  served  on  the  editorial  and 
managerial  staff  of  the  Mining  and  Scientific  Press. 
In  1915  he  was  appointed  a  member  of  the  Jury  of 
Awards  at  the  Panama-Pacific  International  Expo- 
sition. 

Miss  Clotilde  Grunsky,  associate  editor  of  the 
Journal  of  Electricity  and  daughter  of  C.  E.  Grunsky, 
the  noted  civil  engineer,  graduated  with  the  class  of 
1914  from  the  University  of  California,  receiving 
election  to  Phi  Beta  Kappa  and  the  award  from  the 
University  faculty  as  the  most  distinguished  gradu- 
ate among  a  class  of  eight  hundred  men  and  women 
students.  Since  graduating  she  has  devoted  much 
study  and  time  to  vocational  and  welfare  work  among 
women  and  was  for  a  time  connected  with  the  faculty 
of  Mills  College  as  special  lecturer  on  vocational  prob- 
lems. Her  constructive  technical  writings  on  subjects 

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relating  to  engineering  and  contractor-dealer  prob- 
lems in  the  electrical  industry  of  the  West  are  famil- 
iar to  the  readers  of  the  Journal  of  Electricity. 

WHO  WRITE  THE   ARTICLES  FOR  THE 
JOURNAL  OF  ELECTRICITY 

The  Journal  of  Electricity  enjoys  perhaps  a 
unique  position  in  technical  journalism.  Speaking 
as  it  does  for  an  industry  in  the  West  that  has 
established  a  host  of  new  world  records  in  commer- 
cial, engineering  and  industrial  achievement,  it  num- 
bers among  its  contributors  many  of  the  most  distin- 
guished engineers,  executives,  educators  and  public- 
spirited  thinkers  of  modern  times — the  leaders  of 
practically  every  progressive  movement  in  the  indus- 
try in  the  West  during  this  period. 

Among  these  contributors  are: 
Present  Day  Problems  of  Interest  to  the  Industry 

JOHN  A.  BRITTON,  vice-president  and  general  manager  of  the  Pacific 
Gas  &  Electric  Company,  regent  of  the  University  of  California,  on 
public  policy  and  water  power  legislation. 

JULEAN  ARNOLD,  American  commercial  attache  to  China,  on  engineer- 
ing and  commercial  matters  in  the  Orient. 

JOHN  CLAUSEN,  vice-president  and  manager  of  the  foreign  department 
of  the  Crocker  National  Bank,  on  foreign  finance  in  ^commerce  and 
engineering. 

HARRY  COE,  vice-president  and  manager  of  the  foreign  department  of 
the  Anglo  London  Paris  National  Bank,  on  finance  in  the  Orient. 

RAY  INGERSLEV,  electrical  engineer  of  the  Siam  Electricity  Company, 
Ltd.,  on  electrical  problems  in  Siam. 

R.  A.  LUNDQUIST,  expert  for  the  department  of  commerce,  on  electricity 
in  the  Orient. 

H.  F.  JACKSON,  president  of  the  Pacific  Coast  Section  N.  E.  L.  A.  and 
vice-president  and  general  manager  of  the  Sierra  &  San  Francisco 
Power  Company,  on  rates  and  priorities. 

A.  G.  WISHON,  general  manager  of  the  San  Joaquin  Light  &  Power  Cor- 
poration, on  rate  raising. 

A.  H.  BABCOCK,  consulting  engineer  for  the  Southern  Pacific  Company, 
on  railway  electrification. 

E.  J.  WALLIS,  western  manager  of  the  Western  Electric  Company,  on 
conserving  labor  in  the  jobbing  business. 

J.  B.  DAVIDSON,  professor  of  agricultural  engineering,  University  of 
California,  on  electric  tractors. 

C.  D.  MARX,  acting  president  of  Stanford  University,  on  the  college  engi- 
neer and  military  service. 


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S.  T.  HARDING,  irrigation  specialist,  University  of  California,  on  electric 

pumping. 
W.   K.  WHITE  and  H.  G.  PROST,  well  known  patent  attorneys,  on  elec- 

trical  patents   in  the  West. 
MAJOR   GEORGE   F.    SEVER,   U.  S.  A.,   on   problems   of  the  War  Indus- 

tries  Board. 
MAX  THELEN,  president  of  the  California  Railroad  Commission,  on  util- 

ity war  problems. 
GERTRUDE   TUCKER,    secretary  to  the   president  of  the   Southern   Cali- 

fornia Edison  Company,  on  women  and  the  war. 
ALBERT   E.   SCHWABACHER,   federal   fuel   administrator  for   California, 

on   fuel    conservation. 
H.    G.   BUTLER,   power  director  of   the   California   Railroad   Commission, 

on  power  conservation. 
D.   M.   FOLSOM,   federal   fuel   oil   administrator  for  the  Pacific   Coast,  on 

fuel    oil    and   its   conservation. 
CLOTILDE  GRUNSKY,   associate  editor  of  the  Journal  of  Electricity,  on 

women  in  the  industry  and  good  practice  in  merchandising  in  the  West. 
J.    W.    BECKMAN,    electro-chemical    engineer,    on    Pacific    Coast    electro- 

chemical  development. 

Power  Generation  and  Development 

W.  F.  NEIMAN,  salesmanager  of  the  Universal  Gas  &   Electric  Company, 

on  data  concerning  California  power  plant  generation. 
C.   E.    GRUNSKY,   consulting   engineer,   on   rate  fixing   problems   and   new 

power    development. 
CAPTAIN  C.  E.  GRUNSKY,  JR.,  consulting  engineer,  on  rate  fixing  and 

valuations. 
A.   E.   CHANDLER,   president  California  Water  Commission,   on  new   ad- 

vances  in   Western   water   law. 
JOHN   H.   LEWIS,    state   engineer   of   Oregon,    on   organization   of   water 

right  administration. 
F.  H.  FOWLER,  chief  hydroelectric  engineer  for  the  U.  S.  Forest  Service, 

on  new  water  power  developments. 
C.    E.    MAGNUSSON,    professor    of    electrical    engineering,    University    of 

Washington,    on   a  plan   for   large   power   development. 
W.    L.    HUBER,    consulting   civil    engineer,    government   reserves    and   for- 

estry data. 

L.  R.  JORGENSEN,   consulting  engineer,  on  multiple  arch  design. 
F.   G.   BAUM,  consulting  engineer,  on  new  hydroelectric  development. 
P.  M.  DOWNING,  chief  engineer  electric  department,  Pacific  Gas  &  Elec- 

tric   Company,   on    new   hydroelectric   development. 
ARNOLD    PFAU,    chief   hydraulic    engineer   Allis-Chalmers    Company,    on 

large  hydro  units. 
J.  E.  WOODBRIDGE,  chief  engineer  Sierra  &  San  Francisco  Power  Com- 

pany   and    chairman    engineering    committee    of    Pacific    Coast    Section, 

N.   E.   L.   A.,  on  increasing  economy  in  hydro   generation. 
J.    P.    JOLLYMAN,    head   of   electric    construction    Pacific    Gas    &    Electric 

Company,   on   increasing  hydro   economies. 
JOS.  N.  LE  CONTE,  head  of  hydraulic  department  University,  of  Califor- 

nia, on  snow  fall  data  in  predicting  stream  flow. 
CAPTAIN    L.    J.    CORBETT,    professor   of   electrical    engineering,    Univer- 

sity of  Idaho,  on  polyphase  meters.  - 

Transmission  and  Distribution 

HARRIS  J.   RYAN,   professor  of  electrical   engineering,    Stanford   Univer- 

sity, on  insulator  high  tension  tests. 
C.  O.  POOLE,  chief  engineer  Southern  Sierras  Power  Company,  on  trans- 

mission   line    construction. 


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L.  M.  KLAUBER,  superintendent  San  Diego  Consolidated  Gas  &  Electric 
Company,  on  substation  design  and  construction. 

JOHN  R.  BROWNELL,  superintendent  of  safety,  California  Accident 
Commission,  and  ROBERT  L.  ELTRINGHAM,  electrical  engineer  for 
the  Commission,  on  safety  problems. 

E.  B.  ROSA,  chief  physicist,  W.  C.  WAGNER,  field  electrical  engineer, 
and  C.  E.  OAKS,  research  engineer  of  the  U.  S.  Bureau  of  Standards, 
on  problems  connected  with  the  National  Electrical  Safety  Code  and 
with  high  tension  insulator  investigations. 

H.  A.  BARRE,  electrical  engineer  for  the  Southern  California  Edison 
Company  and  chairman  of  the  engineering  committee  of  Pacific  Coast 
Section,  N.  E.  L.  A.,  on  high  voltage  problems  and  new  power  devel- 
opment. 

D.  I.   CONE,   electrical  engineer  with   joint  committee  on  inductive  inter- 
ference,  on   problems   encountered   in  interference  research. 

J.  A.  KOONTZ,  electrical  engineer  Great  Western  Power  Company,  on 
high  tension  phenomena  and  economy  study. 

R.  C.  POWELL,  electrical  engineer  Pacific  Gas  &  Electric  Company,  on 
iron  as  a  conductor  of  electricity. 

R.  E.  CUNNINGHAM,  electrical  engineer  of  the  Southern  California  Edi- 
son Company,  on  distribution  losses. 

L.  S.  READY,  electrical  engineer  for  California  Railroad  Commission,  on 
war  problems. 

H.  H.  SCHOOLFIELD,  chief  engineer  Pacific  Power  &  Light  Company, 

on  national  electrical  safety  code.  ,  S 

S.  J.  LISBERGER,  chief  engineer  San  Francisco  district,  Pacific  Gas  & 
Electric  Company,  on  distribution  economies. 

E.  R.   NORTHMORE,    superintendent  of  distribution,    Los   Angeles   Gas   & 
Electric  Corporation,  on  electrolytic  and  distribution  losses. 

J.  B.  FISKEN,  chief  engineer  Washington  Water  Power  Company,  on 
electric  range  loads. 

R.  J.  DAVIDSON  of  the  Pacific  Power  &  Light  Company,  on  under- 
ground distribution. 

AUSTIN  ADAMS,  San  Diego  Consolidated  Gas  &  Electric  Company,  on 
electric  installation  at  Camp  Kearny. 

MAJOR  JOHN  C.  HAYES,  formerly  president  and  general  manager  of  the 
Mt.  Whitney  Light  &  Power  Company,  on  electrical  installation  at 
Camp  Lewis. 

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Steam  Generation  and  Fuel  Oil  Practice 

R.  J.   C.  WOOD,   superintendent  of  steam  generation,   Southern  California 

Edison  Company,   on  steam  power  plant  losses. 
ROBERT   SIBLEY,   Editor  Journal   of  Electricity,   on   fuel   oil   and   steam 

engineering  practice. 
CHA9.  H.  DELANY,    steam  power  plant  specialist  Pacific  Gas  &  Electric 

Company,  on  fuel  oil  and  steam  engineering  practice. 

5E.   A.   ROGERS,  efficiency  engineer  for  the  Palace  Hotel,   San  Francisco, 
on  increasing  isolated  power  plant  economies. 
J.  M.  WADSWORTH,   administrating  engineer  of  fuel  administration,  on 

increasing  power  plant  economy. 
C.    N.    CROSS,    assistant    professor    mechanical    engineering    at    Stanford 

University,  on  increasing  boiler  room  economies. 

W.  J.  SANTMYER,  mechanical  engineer  for  the  Puget  Sound  Traction, 
Light  &  Power  Company,  on  powdered  coal. 

Cooperative  Electrical  Selling 

L.  H.   NEWBERT,   chairman   California  Electrical   Cooperative   Campaign; 
W.    L.    GOODWIN,    founder    of    the    "Goodwin    Plan,"    General    Electric 
Company. 

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M.  L.  3COBEY,  general  manager  of  the  Home  Electrical,  on  dealer  prob- 
lems. 

G.  E.  ARBOGAST,  president  Southern  California  Association  of  Electrical 
Contractors  and  Dealers,  on  affiliation. 

H.  P.  PITTS,  commercial  department  Pacific  Gas  &  Electric  Company, 
on  commercial  practice. 

§R.  M.  ALVORD,  manager  supply  department  General  Electric  Company, 
on  better  selling  methods. 

W.  D.  KOHLWEY,  general  manager  Kohlwey-Smith-Alfs  Company,  on 
the  Goodwin  Plan. 

A.  L.  SPRING,  field  representative  California  Electrical  Cooperative  Cam- 
paign, on  cooperative  selling. 

FORESTER  E.  SMITH,  secretary  Seattle  Association  Electrical  Contrac- 
tors and  Dealers  Association,  on  the  Goodwin  Plan. 

T.  E.  BIBBINS,  president  and  general  manager  Pacific  States  Electric 
Company,  on  community  of  interest. 

D.  E.  HARRIS,  salesmanager  Pacific  States  Electric  Company,  on  better 
selling. 

W.  M.  DEMING,  general  manager  Journal  of  Electricity,  on  contractor- 
dealer  problems. 

A.  H.  ELLIOT,  secretary  Pacific  Division  National  Electric  Supply  Job- 
bers' Association,  on  credit  building. 

M.  A.  DE  LEW,  executive  committee  California  Association  Electrical 
Contractors  and  Dealers,  on  the  Goodwin  Plan. 

D.  J.  BUTTS,  Los  Angeles  manager  Western  Electric  Company,  on  co- 
operation. 

H.  H.  COURTWRIGHT,  general  manager  Valley  Electric  Supply  Co.,  on 
vacuum  cleaner  cooperative  campaigns. 

C.  E.  WIGGIN,  Dunham,  Carrigan  &  Hayden,  on  the  electrical  dealer. 

GOLDEN  J.  GUIVER,  formerly  secretary  Utah  Association  Electrical  Con- 
tractors and  Dealers,  on  dealer  problems. 

I.  W.  ALEXANDER,  commercial  engineer  San  Joaquin  Light  &  Power 
Corporation,  on  commercial  practice. 

C.  F.  BUTTE,  general  manager  Butte  Engineering  Company,  on  contrac- 

t  tor-dealer  problems. 

W.  R.  PUTNAM,  salesmanager  of  the  Utah  Power  &  Light  Company,  on 
accounting  and  selling  practice. 

H.  A.  LEMMON,  salesmanager  of  the  Truckee  River  General  Electric 
Company,  on  local  advertising. 

F.  D.  WEBER,  electrical  engineer  Oregon  Insurance  Rating  Bureau,  on 
new  rules  for  installation. 

MARY  F.  PATTERSON,  head  of  Household  Art  Department,  University 
of  California,  on  window  decoration. 

W.  R.  HERSTEIN,  general  manager  Electric  Supply  Company,  on  credit 
problems. 

ELMA  STEINMANN,  in  charge  of  salesmanship  at  The  Emporium,  on 
better  selling  methods. 

A.  D.  McMULLEN,  electrical  dealer  at  Salt  Lake  City,  on  trade  accept- 
ances. 

GEORGE  A.  SCHNEIDER,  Buffalo  manager  Western  Electric  Company, 
on  technical  contractor-dealer  problems. 

L.  C.  MULLGARDT,  architect  at  P.-P.  I.  E.,  on  the  electrical  contractor 
and  the  architect. 

H.  N.  SESSIONS,  commercial  engineer  Southern  California  Edison  Com- 
pany, on  electrical  refrigeration  and  salvage. 

A.  H.  HALLORAN,  assistant  business  manager  Journal  of  Electricity,  on 
contractor-dealer  problems. 

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